Michael Coats

LCH Group Holdings Ltd. is an investment company, which engages in the provision of rates and multi-asset clearing house solutions. Its services include clearing and post trade services. The company was founded on April 24, 2003 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Banque Centrale de Compensation SA operates as a multi-asset class clearing house in stock exchanges and other security trading platforms. It specializes in risk and collateral management. The company is headquartered in Paris, France.

Bear Stearns Capital Markets, Inc. engages in fixed income derivatives transactions and hedges associated therewith. It operates as a single integrated unit that provides the sales, trading and origination effort for various fixed income, equity and advisory products and services. Bear Stearns Capital Markets is located in New York, NY.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI-UK) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of ML UK Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. MLI-UK provides brokerage services to individual and retail clients.

Part of Commerzbank AG, Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd. is a brokerage services provider. The company is based in London, UK.